Please help sexing my two chickens.

[111Mark]

Hi, I'm a first timer with chickens and i would love some help with these two beautiful chickens.

 

[fluffycrow]

Welcome to BYC!

Both are cockerels

 

[Strawberry74]

How old? Looks like two roosters to me potentially

 

[111Mark]

Welcome to BYC!

Both are cockerels

What a shame we bought 4 baby chickens already took back 2 that started crowing, its so hard to take them back they are so placed and people friendly.

 

[111Mark]

How old? Looks like two roosters to me potentially

Around 7 to 8 weeks old now.

 

[Strawberry74]

Around 7 to 8 weeks old now.

Shucks. Do you have space for a bachelor pad?

 

[111Mark]

Shucks. Do you have space for a bachelor pad?

Our local Council bylaws forbids anyone to keep a rooster in a residential area. Even though our hoise backs onto a forest and the noise from all the wild lofe can be deafing but amazing at times.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Unfortunately, at the age you provide, these are in fact both male.
I would suggest choosing an auto sexing breed or sex-linked hybrids, both of which will save you from any further disappointment from receiving more surprise cockerels as they can actually be fixed at hatch with certainty versus the 80 to 90% accuracy of the vent sexing method which is applied to all other breeds and Crosses.... alternatively if you can find birds that are 12 weeks of age or older you can generally be fairly certain that you can select pullets that way. Many folks choose to buy more chicks than they need and will raise them up to a certain point where they select the birds they wish to keep and then sell the extras and this is a great way for you to find well-started birds that are able to be identified with certainty as far as sex. It can help to familiarize yourself with those early indicators of sex and or to request photos from any potential sellers so that we can help you look at them and help you sort them out